Artificial-ornament-making machine



sep t, as 192% J. STURIALE ARTIFICIAL ORNAMENT MAKING MACHINE Filed Dec. 28, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

stares JOSEPH STURIALE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.v

ARTIFICIAL-ORNAMENT-MAKING MACHINE.

Application fi1edDecember 2'8, 1921.

- This invention has relation to the manufacture of millinery ornaments suchas artificial flowers, fruits, etc., and has for an object to provide a machine by virtue of which an ornament such as a spherical body of thread or fibrous material may be fabricated upon the end of a flexible wire, the latter to constitute the stem of the product.

In addition to the foregoing this invention In comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings inwhich 15 similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear, v

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a 20 machine constructed in accordance with my invention. i

Figure 2 is a view thereof in top plan. Figure is a detail transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a detail view of the wire feeding machine. I v

Figure 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is a view of the product. With reference to the drawings 10 indi-' cates a table suitably supported and mounted thereon is a bearing 11 having a horizontal shaft 121journalled therein upon which a pulley 13 is mounted. A wire feeding mechanism is provided consisting of a frame 14 which is carried by the bearing. A horizontal rod 15 is mounted in the frame and a weighted member 16 is slidable on the rod, a pin 17 depending from the member 16. A frame 18 located upon the table carries a reel of wire 19, one end of the wire passing through the frame 14 and entering a tube 20 which extends axially through the shaft 12. A wire gripping device is provided consisting of a jaw 21 slidably mounted upon the frame 14 and carrying a movable jaw 22 pivoted'thereto, the wire passing between said jaws. A button 23 on the movable jaw is adapted to be engaged by the pin 17 for a purpose to be presently'noted. A rod 24 is slidably mounted in the bearing 11 and an arm 25 depends from the jaw 21 for connection to said rod. A lever 26 fulcrumed to the table is also pivoted to the rod 24 whereby the latter may be shifted. The end of the Serial No. 525,462.

shaft 12 is formed with a transverse slot 27 into which the tube 20 extends and located at this point is a wire cutting device consisting of a pair of spring jaws 28 rotatable with the shaft and embracing the end of the tube 20, being provided with cutting edges 29 which are adapt-ed to mutually engage in shearing relation just beyond the end of the tube. One jaw carries a roller 30. A cup 31 surrounds the shaft 12 having a central openingr32 through which it projects and the inner periphery of the cup carries an abutment 33 to engage the roller 30. The opening 32 is larger than the shaft to permit movement and the cup is furthermore slotted to receive fastenings 34 which are affixed to a box like mold carrier 35 mounted on the table. A

spring 36 depending froma bracket 37 is atat will. The mold consists of a half-block 40 mounted in the mold carrier and having a semi-circular recess 41 in its outer edge.

The end of the shaft 12 beyond the slot is reduced to form the spindle 42 which enters a channel in the half block 40 and exits into the recess 41." The other half-block 43 ofthe mold-is movably mounted in the carrier and is formed with a semi-circular recess 44 coacting with the recess 41 when the blocks are togetherto define a circular perforation extending through the mold. It will'be noted that the end of the spindle is at the center of this perforation. The block 43 is shifted by means of a link 45 which connects the half-block to the upper end of a lever 46 fulcrumed to the carrier, the lower end of the lever being pivoted to the end of the rod 24. A tray 47 is located beneath the carrier and is finely perforated at a point beneath the mold aperture. A receptacle 48 is mounted above the mold and is provided with a drain cock 49 which is intended to drip into the mold aperture. A chute 50 located beneath the perforation of the tray leads into a re ceptacle 51 located beneath the table.

The 0pe1'at'i0n-.The end of the wire is permitted to project beyond the end of the spindle into the mold aperture as shown in Figure 2 and the end of a thread of fibrous material such as cotton is wound around the spindle a few times. Rotation of the shaft and pulley 13 through the medium of a belt and source of power is now initiated and the thread guided by hand so as to wind up into a ball, the shape of the mold aperture lending assistance in this respect besides limiting the size of the ball and packing the fibrous material. During this operation a liquid adhesive such as a starch solution contained in the receptacle 48 ispermitted to drip upon the winding ball of fibrous material which will cause the fibers to adhere and form a solid ball. lVhen the winding operation is completed the thread is broken and the lever 26 shifted to the right against the tension of its spring, which will move the half-block 43 of the mold away from the other halt block and at the same time move the jaws 21 and of the wire feeding device to the right (Figure 2.)

It is obvious that as the jaws move to the right that the weight 16 will be moved therewith and owing to the connection of tl1enp per jaw with the weight, the jaw will be raised releasing the wire. Thus the wire will not be moved during this operation. The foot lever 39 is now depressed which will lower the cup 31 causing the engagement of the abutment 33 with the roller 30, and by reason of the shaft rotation will move the shearing blades together upon the wire severing the same. The finished product, consisting of the ball and wire, is now withdrawn from the spindle by hand which is permitted owing to the fact that the mold is now in its opened position. The product is shown in Figure 6 of the drawing.

The lever 26 is now released and the spring will return the same to its normal position closing the mold and moving the dogs 21 and 22 to the left. As the jaws move to the left the button 23 carried by the upper jaw 22 will engage the pin 17 of the weight 16 which will move the dog to its wire gripping position and the weight will be returned. hen the jaws move to the left the wire will be carried therewith and be held in position for the next operation.

The excess adhesive will fall through the perforated tray into the receptacle 51 so that it may be transferred back to the receptacle L8.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore. reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement 01' the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, means for supporting av wire, means for rotating said support axially, a mold to receive the end of the support and wire, means for shifting the wire longitudinally through the support, and means for cutting off the wire between the mold and shifting means.

2. In combination, means for supporting a wire, means for rotating the support, a mold enclosing the end of the support and having a separable part, a wire feeding means, a cutting 011' means and means for operating the feeding means and for moving the mold part simultaneously.

3. In combination, a hollow rotating shaft to contain a wire, a cutting element consisting of shearing jaws one at each side of the wire and carried by the shaft and a movable abutment normally out of the path of movement or" one jaw but adapted to be moved into engagement therewith, whereby said jaw is caused to move toward the other jaw to sever the wire.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH STURIALE. FL. s] 

